Significados de pontifical secret en inglés

The Pope's decision to lift the " pontifical secret" rule in sex abuse cases will probably help the process.

Breaching the pontifical secret at any time while the 10-year jurisdiction order was operating carried penalties, including threat of excommunication.

The consequence of breaching the pontifical secret was excommunication from the Church, so there was little incentive to be open to state authorities.

What is the " pontifical secret" and what change should its removal bring in the handling of sexual abuse by the Catholic Church?

On the December 17th last the Vatican announced that the " pontifical secret" would no longer be applied to canon law trials involving clerical sexual offences.

"Cases of this kind are subject to the pontifical secret," Ratzinger's letter concluded.